SDG Indicator 14.4.1 - Fish stocks sustainability

This course focuses on SDG Indicator 14.4.1 - Fish stocks sustainability: “Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels”. It introduces basic fisheries concepts and definitions, illustrates some technical aspects of classical and data-limited stock assessment and provides detailed guidance on process and tools for the analysis and reporting of the Indicator.

The course consists of 5 lessons, ranging from approximately 30 to 60 minutes duration each:

Lesson 1 Introduction to SDG Indicator 14.4.1
Lesson 2 Concepts and process behind the estimations of SDG Indicator 14.4.1
Lesson 3 Estimation of SDG Indicator 14.4.1 from classical stock assessment outputs
Lesson 4 Estimation of SDG Indicator 14.4.1 from data-limited methods
Lesson 5 Guidelines for national reporting of SDG Indicator 14.4.1

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Target Audience

The target audience of this course includes:

National fisheries administration officials
Policy-makers or advisors
Members of the fishing community/fishing organizations
Fisheries scientists, data analysts, and statisticians

Learning Objectives

You will learn about:

The rationale of indicator 14.4.1 within the 2030 Agenda
Basic definitions and fundamental concepts related to fish stock assessment
Methods and data requirements of classical stock assessments
How to access the BlueBRIDGE Virtual Research Environment to run some of the main data-limited methods on the platform
The steps of the procedure for building and reporting Indicator 14.4.1